Gene Wilder

Since then he has remained active in promoting cancer awareness and treatment. Wilder himself was hospitalized with cancer in 2000. Ardant has appeared in more than fifty motion pictures. Wilder was married to Saturday Night Live actress Gilda Radner from 1984 until her death from ovarian cancer in 1989. It opened the 14th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 9, 2003. In the late 1970s and 1980s he appeared in a number of movies with Richard Pryor, making them the most prolific inter-racial comedy double act in movies during the period. Fluent in English, Ardant has starred in several Hollywood and British films. Her latest film in English, produced by Franco Zeffirelli, is Callas Forever, in which she portrays opera diva Maria Callas. Perhaps one of his best known roles is that of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. She proved her versatility, playing a comedic role in Pédale douce for which she won the 1997 Cesar Award for Best Actress.

His first big part was in Bonnie and Clyde where he played an undertaker abducted by the couple. Initially, her youthful beauty brought popularity but over time her sophistication and acting skills have made her one of France's most admired actresses. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing Young Frankenstein with Mel Brooks. The film, directed by François Truffaut, brought Ardant her first Cesar Award nomination for best actress in 1982 and in 1984 she was nominated again for Vivement dimanche! Eventually she became Truffaut's companion, giving birth to their daughter, Joséphine, on September 28, 1983. He was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in The Producers. By the early 1980s she was a major motion picture star, gaining international recognition for her role opposite Gérard Depardieu in La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door). Gene Wilder made many movies with Brooks starting with The Producers in 1968. In her early twenties her interest turned to acting and in 1974 she made her first appearance on stage.

Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman on June 11, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actor best known for his collaborations with writer, producer, director Mel Brooks. She grew up in Monaco until age 17 when she moved to Aix-en-Provence to attend university. Bonnie and Clyde (1967). Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant (born March 22, 1949 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France) is a French actress. The Producers (1968). The Woman Next Door (La Femme d'à côté) - (1981). Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971). Confidentially Yours - (1983).

Blazing Saddles (1974). Swann in Love - (1984). Young Frankenstein (1974). Next Summer - (1986). Silver Streak (1976). Conseil De Famille - (1986). La Famiglia (The Family) - (1987).

Afraid of the Dark - (1991). Colonel Chabert - (1994). Beyond the Clouds - (1995). Pédale douce - (1996).

Ridicule - (1996). Elizabeth - (1998). Balzac: A Life of Passion (1999). Le Libertin - (2001).

No News from God (Sin noticias de Dios) - (2002). 8 Women - (2002). Callas Forever - (2002). Nathalie... - (2003).

L'Odeur du sang - (2004). El Año del diluvio - (2004).